You don’t sentence people because they are unlawful pains in the behind. You sentence them in proportion to the offense.
Was the offense he was convicted of worthy of a life sentence by itself?
How many times does he need to be convicted to convince you that he is not capable of he habilitation? That is a serious question. How many time should we send him to prison for these "petty" crimes?
Was the offense he was convicted of worthy of a life sentence by itself?
In my book, second conviction for drugs is a death sentence. But I don't make the laws. Second this has been upheld by the voters and higher courts. Your beef is with them.
should have added this to my first post:
Years ago I worked for a medium sized machine shop. They had an attendance policy. If you worked 10 days straight you got a -1 point. -20 points you got a savings bond or something like that. If you called in sick, not using a vacation day or personal day you got a +2, if you were more than 7 minutes late you got +1. If you got +26 you got a week off with out pay and they dropped you to +20. If you got a second +26 in a year you got 2 weeks off with out pay and dropped to +20 again. If you got to +26 again in that year you were terminated.
We had a woman whose husband had been out fishing and his boat had problems and he was lost out on lake Erie. She had used all her vacation and personal time and was on +25 for the third time in 9 months. Her husband got back to shore the next day and she came into work./ The VP of manufacturing told her that she was suspended pending termination. She began to whine and complain how unfair it was. Her husband could have been killed etc....
The VP of manufacturing looked at her and said, Okay you had a good excuse this time but what about all the other times. In nine months she had used 10 days of vacation 5 days of personal time and had been out or late 18 additional days.
Both of them got exactly what they deserved.